Vol. 8, No. 120 DOE could seek new proposals for $45B Hanford tank contract, Justice Department says
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Life Extension Programs
No proof NNSA ignored technical concerns about W88 upgrades, Inspector General says
Federal officials did not inappropriately block contractors from investigating concerns about a program to refurbish one of the Navy’s two nuclear weapons, the Department of Energy’s inspector general wrote in a recent report. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is upgrading the W88, which tips submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missiles and entered service in 1988, for […]
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Contracts & Procurement
CNS seeks construction contractors to make ‘standard Pantex design” for slew of new buildings
Consolidated Nuclear Security said Tuesday it is looking for construction contractors to split a multiple award task order contract at the Pantex Plant in Texas that could be worth up to $600 million over 10 years. The contract includes a five-year base period worth $300 million and five one-year options worth $60 million each, according […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Wednesday’s unarmed Minuteman III test one of more than 300 so far AF says
U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command and the U.S. Space Force’s 30th Space Launch Delta Guardians launched an unarmed Boeing Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with three test re-entry vehicles on Sept. 6 from Vandenberg Space Force Base. “The ICBM’s reentry vehicle traveled approximately 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands,” […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Labor Department plans occupational illness session for Denver weapons workers
Current and former nuclear weapons workers in the Greater Denver area are invited by the Department of Labor to show up at a Sept. 12 information session on federal occupational illness benefits. Labor Department representatives will be on hand at the Arvada, Colo., session to help attendees with filing new claims or assisting with existing […]